3 HRS AGO - NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co has "line of sight" on the first $4 billion in asset Expand

3 HRS AGO - NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co has "line of sight" on the first $4 billion in asset sales under its plans for $20 billion in disposals, the company's chief financial officer said on Wednesday, while dismissing talk about selling shares to raise capital. Collapse

6 HRS AGO - Schlumberger has announced the award by Noble Energy of an engineering and supply contract for a Expand

6 HRS AGO - Schlumberger has announced the award by Noble Energy of an engineering and supply contract for a two-thousand-ton single-lift process module to be installed on the Leviathan Platform in the Eastern Mediterranean. Collapse

12 HRS AGO - British multinational oil and gas company BP has published its highly-anticipated Energy Outlook Expand

12 HRS AGO - British multinational oil and gas company BP has published its highly-anticipated Energy Outlook for 2018 and, even though it has branded its standard model the 'Evolving Transition' scenario, this year's report is the very picture of business as usual for the fossil fuel giant. Collapse

13 HRS AGO - The super thin film solar technology of Colorado-based Ascent Solar was nurtured along in part by Expand

13 HRS AGO - The super thin film solar technology of Colorado-based Ascent Solar was nurtured along in part by US taxpayers through the Energy Department during the Obama Administration, and now the company has won a juicy slot for in a high profile, "solar sail" deep space project Collapse

16 HRS AGO - UAE Energy Minister seeks to formalise OPEC/non-OPEC co-operation Details HE Suhail Mohamed Faraj Al Mazrouei, UAE Minister of Energy and President of the OPEC Conference 2018, has announced that he is working to formalise the co-operation between OPEC and its non-OPEC allies Read more ... Collapse

6 HRS AGO - Wind power critics sometimes try to say that this form of clean, renewable energy is bogus because Expand

6 HRS AGO - Wind power critics sometimes try to say that this form of clean, renewable energy is bogus because a number of bird deaths result each year from collisions with wind turbines and towers. What they fail to mention is the context, so they leave out certain very key facts. The number of birds killed by wind turbines is relatively tiny Collapse

13 HRS AGO - National Grid has determined that highways and transmission lines are often located near each Expand

13 HRS AGO - National Grid has determined that highways and transmission lines are often located near each other. It plans to create 50 fast charging locations throughout England and Wales and connect them directly to transmission lines to save the cost of upgrading local grid infrastructure. Collapse

13 HRS AGO - Oil service company McDermott said an uplift in activity in the Middle East was behind its Expand

13 HRS AGO - Oil service company McDermott said an uplift in activity in the Middle East was behind its “exceptional” results in 2017. “Solid operational performance” was another reason given for McDermott’s strong showing. Full-year revenues for 2017 were $2.98billion, up from $2.63billion for 2016. Net income totalled $178.5million, compared to $34.1million in 2016. A spokesman for the […]
The post Middle East activity to thank for ‘exceptional’ 2017, McDermott says appeared first on Energy Voice. Collapse

14 HRS AGO - The European Union is in a position to increase its share of renewable energy in its energy mix to Expand

14 HRS AGO - The European Union is in a position to increase its share of renewable energy in its energy mix to 34% by 2030, double its share in 2016, and all the while resulting in a net positive impact, according to a new report published by the International Renewable Energy Agency this week. Collapse

9 HRS AGO - MILAN (Reuters) - Italian insurer Assicurazioni Generali has pledged to raise its investments in environmentally-friendly projects and divest from the coal industry as part of a new climate-change strategy. Collapse

13 HRS AGO - Integrating renewable energy sources into the electricity grid is becoming easier and cheaper, according to the Renewables Grid Initiative and WindEurope, but more needs to be done for European electricity grids if the region is to achieve increased levels of renewable energy in its electricity mix. Collapse

16 HRS AGO - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union should raise taxes on fossil fuels to help meet goals on Expand

16 HRS AGO - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union should raise taxes on fossil fuels to help meet goals on climate change and plug a budget gap after Britain leaves the bloc, former senior EU officials said in a letter to EU leaders. Collapse

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